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Council & local affairs, 1840

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Legislative Council. TUESDAY—OCTOBER 20, 1840

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Thursday 22 October 1840 · page 2

Present, the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Lord Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary. the Attorney-General, the Collector of…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday, October 20, 1840

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 October 1840 · page 2

Present—The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Messrs. Jones, Berry,…

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Council Paper. a Bill for enabling personz indicted of Felony, to make their defence by Counsel or Attorney

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 22 October 1840 · page 2

Whereas it is expedient to adopt an act of the imperial parliament, passed in the sixth and seventh year of the reign of his late Majesty, King William the Fourth, which recites that It is just and…

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Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Friday 23 October 1840 · page 2

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20.—Council met, pursuant to adjournment; His Excellency the Governor took the chair, and informed the Council, that the following protests against certain items…

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Legislative Council. Notice of Motion. This Day, Friday, October 23

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1840 · page 2

1. Mr. Jones; That this Council take under consideration the Report of the Committee on Immigration , and adopt the following Resolution founded thereon;…

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Legislative Council. Friday, October 23

Australasian Chronicle · Saturday 24 October 1840 · page 2

Present, the Governor, Bishop Broughton, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary the Attorney-General, Messrs. Jones, Berry, Blaxland, J. Macarthur, and Sir John Jamison…

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Legislative Council. Tuesday Oct. 20, 1840

Commercial Journal and Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1840 · page 3

Present--The Governor, the Chief Justice, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General,…

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The Colonist. Saturday, October 22, 1840. Colonial Politics. the Legislative Council. the Last Day of the Session

The Colonist · Saturday 24 October 1840 · page 2

THE Council met yesterday at the usual hour. The members absent were the Chief Justice, Mr. CAMPBELL, and Mr. HANNIBAL MACARTHUR. The Council sat till…

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The Sydney Herald. Saturday, October 24, 1840. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Saturday 24 October 1840 · page 2

FRIDAY.—Present: the Governor, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, mr. Berry, Mr…

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Sydney Monitor & Commercial Advertiser Saturday Morning, October 24, 1840. Nothing extenuate, nor ought set down in malice. SHAKESPEARE. Legislative Council. Abstract of Proceedings. Friday, October 23

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1840 · page 2

The Report of the Committee appointed to form a library was brought up by the Lord Bishop and received. The Report of the Committee requested to frame…

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Council Library Report

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1840 · page 2

The Lord Bishop in bringing up this Report moved that it be received. His Excellency said that this was the Report of the Committee appointed for the purpose of…

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The Sudney Hrald. Monday, October 26, 1840. "Sworn to no Master, of no Seet am I." Legislative Council

The Sydney Herald · Monday 26 October 1840 · page 2

FRIDAY, OCT. 23.—Present, the Governor, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Mr…

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Legislative Council

The Australian · Tuesday 27 October 1840 · page 2

FRIDAY.—Present, the Governor, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney General, the Collector of Customs, the Auditor General, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr. Blaxland, Sir John…

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Transportation.—order in Council

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 October 1840 · page 4

At the court at Buckingham Palace, the 22nd day of May, 1840. Present: the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council. Whereas, by an act passed in the fifth year of his…

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Domestic Intelligence. Legislative Council. Friday, October 23

The Colonist · Tuesday 27 October 1840 · page 2

PRESENT; the Governor, the Bishop, the Commander of the Forces, the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, Collector of Customs, the Auditor-General, Mr. Berry, Mr. Jones, Mr…

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The Chronicle. Tuesday, October 27, 1840. the Legislative Council

Australasian Chronicle · Tuesday 27 October 1840 · page 2

PRESUMING that Lord John Russell has by this time dispatched the death warrant of this illustrious body, in the form of a constitution for this colony, we should have been inclined to consider it defunct,…

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Government Gazette. Dated October 14th, 1840. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 13th October, 1840. COUNCIL

The Sydney Monitor and Commercial Advertiser · Tuesday 27 October 1840 · page 2

His Excellency the Governor is pleased to direct that the general objects of the following hill, now under consideration of the Legislative Council, be published for general information.—By is…

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The Chronicle. Thursday, October 29, 1840. Illegal Proceedings in Council

Australasian Chronicle · Thursday 29 October 1840 · page 2

THE political doctrines that have been broached from time to time, during last session of the legislative council, are calculated to fill the mind with astonishment, and that astonishment is changed into…

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The Sydney Herald. Thursday, October 29, 1840. "Sworn to no Master, of no Sect am I." the Council

The Sydney Herald · Thursday 29 October 1840 · page 2

The session of Council being now over, we have to congratulate the members on the prospect they have of seeing the green fields and verdant bush of Australia, and…

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Advance Australia. Sydney Gazette. Saturday, October 31[?] 1840. Legislative Council[?]

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1840 · page 2

HIS EXCELLENCY in his closing speech, on the adjournment of the late Session of the Le gislative Council, intimated the probability of his not remaining much longer at the head of…

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